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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic has a democratic republic form of government with three branches. Danilo Medina is the current president and the two major political parties are the Dominican Liberation Party and the Dominican Revolutionary Party. The capital, Santo Domingo, is the oldest European settlement in the Americas. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti and has a tropical climate. Tourism and agriculture are the primary industries, with tourism attracting over 4 million visitors in 2010 who were drawn to the resorts and beaches. Popular cultural traditions include Roman Catholicism, carnival, and independence day celebrations.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic has a democratic republic form of government with three branches. Danilo Medina is the current president and the two major political parties are the Dominican Liberation Party and the Dominican Revolutionary Party. The capital, Santo Domingo, is the oldest European settlement in the Americas. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti and has a tropical climate. Tourism and agriculture are the primary industries, with tourism attracting over 4 million visitors in 2010 who were drawn to the resorts and beaches. Popular cultural traditions include Roman Catholicism, carnival, and independence day celebrations.

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Najibullo Nasimi |Ms. Salcedo| Sophomore

FORM OF GOVERNMENT
President

Government Type

Danilo Medina

Democratic Republic

Branches of Government
1. Executive
2. Judicial
3. Legislative

Political Party

The Dominican Liberation Party

The Dominican Revolutionary


Party

The Christian Social Reformist Party

BACKGROUND
The capital, Santo Domingo, founded in 1496, is the oldest European
settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
1821 Jos Nez de Cceres leads the 5 week "Ephemeral Independence.
The Dominican Republic people speak Dominican, sign language, English
and Haitian.

GEOGRAPHICAL MAKE UP
Dominican Republic is located on the island of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean region.
DR is a neighboring nation to the nation of Haiti. Haiti occupies three-eighths of the
island.
To prespective, Dominican Republic is area equal to that of Vermont and New
Hampshire combined
Duarte Peak is the highest point in the West indies, at 3,175 m.
DR contains the first university, hospital, cathedral, and monastery in Americas.
Dominican Republic is the second largest nation in the Caribbean following Cuba
Population is at 8,862,000

CLIMATE OF DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
Tropical, Maritime nation
Average temperature is 25 degrees
Celsius.
Lowest and highest temperatures
are 0 degrees Celsius and 40
degrees Celsius, respectively.
The wet season lasts from
November through January.
A picture is worth a thousand words.

ECONOMY
EXPORTS

IMPORTS

1. Medical Instruments

1. Refined Petroleum

2. Rolled Tobacco

2. Cars

3. Low-voltage Protection Equipment

3. Crude Petroleum

4. Bananas

4. Non-retail Pure Cotton Yarn

5. Knit T-shirts

5. Corn

6. Ferroalloys

6. Packaged Medicaments

7. Leather Footwear

7. Plastic Products

8. Plastic Products

8. Wheat

9. Precious Metal Scraps

9. Broadcasting Equipment

10. Refined Petroleum

10. Soybean Oil

ECONOMY CONTINUED
Agriculture

Tourism

30 percent of the land is suitable


for crop production.

Over four million tourist welcomed


in 2010

17 percent of land is for labor


force engaging in farming

From North America to Dominican


Republic, tourism increased by 54
percent

Agriculture is the primary


occupation for Dominican
Republic

Second largest Caribbean


producer of sugarcane, after
Cuba

Sugarcane is the most important


commercial crop

Monetary system

The official currency of DR is Peso.

Paper currency is printed in 5, 10,


20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 2000.

Coins represent 1 to 5 Pesos

From South America to Dominican


Republic, tourism increased by 57
percent

US dollar is not legal tender in


Dominican Republic.

The DR Central Bank reported that


91 percent of tourists came for
leisure travel and stayed in the
DRs world-class hotel and resorts.

Currently 44.09 pesos is one dollar.

The central bank is responsible for


maintaining printing and issuance
of currency.

The Dominican Republics first


tourist was Christopher Columbus
in 1492

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS


Dominican Republic is mainly
Roman Catholic.
Other religions include: Porotist, the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, Buddhist, Bah', Chinease
Folk Religion, Islam and Judaism.
Other religions make up only 2.3
percent of the population.

January 21. Day of the Lady of


Altagracia
February 27. National
Independence Day

February. Dominican Carnival


July. Merengue Festival
August 16. Restoration Day

November 6. Constitution Day

TYPICAL FOODS
Some common foods found in the
Dominican Republic are Sancocho,
Kipes, Empanadas, Mangu,
Tostones, Flan, Arroz, Habuchuela y
Carne, Chicharron, and Pollo
Guisado.

This is the Flan desert

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